It has been a long time since I’ve been in a setting where I can be fully creative. I reunited with a few longtime colleagues and began working on music for a new project. It is great tapping into the part of my brain where I can create music and have full input. When I…
Read moreI’m working with some truly talented people tomorrow (Wednesday Jan 10th at 9:30PM) at Feinstein’s 54 Below. Come down and see us if you can! Departures: The Songs of Gualtieri & Sisco Award-winning collaborative team Tom Gualtieri (lyrics) and David Sisco (music) return to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand new collection of songs that celebrate…
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on my site. I plan to write one piece every day for the entire year. I have so many things I would like to say and share. I hope to be engaging as well as thought provoking. If you have been following me on twitter (@claytoncraddock), Instagram…
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I’m excited to begin this year for a few reasons. I’m going to be traveling to South Africa. I was asked to play drums for the Swarthmore College Alumni Gospel Choir. We have a South Africa Performance Tour in collaboration with First United Methodist Church of Germantown. We are traveling to Johannesburg, Soweto, Bedfordview, Pilanesberg National…
Read more“Education is best served when the whole range of ideas are presented to the person and the individual is allowed to make up his or her own mind, and that individual is given the tools with which to make that decision – in other words, an ideal educational situation would give a student the criteria…
Read moreGeorge Farmer, Zigaboo Modeliste and I having a moment (of fun) after his soundcheck at Freight and Salvage across the street from The Berkeley Repertory Theatre back in October of 2017. We were fortunate to have the opportunity to watch his soundcheck in between our shows at “Ain’t Too Proud.” We had the chance to…
Read moreAfter playing the top of the line drums in Berkeley at the show “Ain’t Too Proud” for 4 months, it’s hard to play drums that are 25 years old. There isn’t really anything wrong with these drums but I LOVED playing on brand new Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple drums. Those drums just sing! It’s time…
Read moreThis is one of my favorite tracks from this record. I remember during the session we used a really deep, almost marching band sized snare and put a lot of muffling on top to get that 1970’s snare drum thud. It was a lot of fun laying down tracks for this project. The song is…
Read moreHere is a video of me working with one of the greatest performers of all time – Audra McDonald. I was fortunate to have played this show on Broadway. She is a force of nature. So good!
Read moreThis is one night I’ll never forget. Being on the stage of Radio City Music Hall? Playing on national TV in front of millions. Seeing 6,000 people in the audience in the audience? Looking in the first row and seeing Beyonce and Jay-Z? Mmmmm, mmmm, mmmm. I almost got distracted by her when I glanced…
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